Method of transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system supporting full-duplex radio and apparatus therefor

ABSTRACT

A method of transmitting and receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosure. The method includes receiving information related to beam switching from a base station (BS), generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beam switching, transmitting a reference signal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern, measuring a self-interference signal based on the reference signal, transmitting information about the measured self-interference signal to the BS, and receiving beam pattern information based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS. The beam pattern information indicates a beam pattern determined by the BS, and the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting and receivingdata related to full-duplex radio (FDR) in a wireless communicationsystem supporting FDR and an apparatus therefor.

BACKGROUND ART

A wireless communication system is a multiple access system thatsupports communication with multiple users by sharing available systemresources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of themultiple access system include a code division multiple access (CDMA)system, a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) system, a timedivision multiple access (TDMA) system, an orthogonal frequency divisionmultiple access (OFDMA) system, a single carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (SC-FDMA) system, and a multi-carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (MC-FDMA) system.

Sidelink (SL) refers to a communication scheme in which a direct link isestablished between user equipments (UEs) and the UEs directly exchangevoice or data without intervention of a base station (BS). SL isconsidered as one method of relieving a burden on the BS due to rapidlygrowing data traffic.

A UE or a vehicle may receive resources allocated for an uplink signaland resources allocated for a downlink signal from the BS. The UE or thevehicle may receive the resources allocated for the uplink signalthrough uplink control information (UCI) from the BS or receive theresources allocated for the downlink signal through downlink controlinformation (DCI) from the BS.

As more and more communication devices demand larger communicationcapacity, there is a need for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)communication relative to legacy radio access technology (RAT).Accordingly, a communication system is under discussion, for whichservices or UEs sensitive to reliability and latency are considered.Next-generation RAT in which eMBB communication, machine typecommunication (MTC), and ultra-reliable and low-latency communication(URLLC) are considered may be referred to as new RAT or NR. In NR,vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication may also be supported.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a method ofdetermining a transmission beam for a user equipment (UE) inconsideration of cross-link interference (CLI) that a transmissionsignal from a transmitting UE causes to other UEs as well asself-interference of the transmission signal for the transmitting UE ina full duplex communication system.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the objectsthat could be achieved with the various embodiments are not limited towhat has been particularly described hereinabove and the above and otherobjects that the various embodiments could achieve will be more clearlyunderstood from the following detailed description.

Technical Solution

According to one aspect, a method of transmitting and receiving a signalby a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may includereceiving information related to beam switching from a base station(BS), generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on theinformation related to the beam switching, transmitting a referencesignal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern, measuring aself-interference signal based on the reference signal, transmittinginformation about the measured self-interference signal to the BS, andreceiving beam pattern information based on the measuredself-interference signal from the BS. The beam pattern information mayindicate a beam pattern determined by the BS, and the informationrelated to the beam switching may include information about one ofwhether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and thenumber of beam switching candidates.

Alternatively, the at least one transmission beam pattern may begenerated based on the beam switching interval and the number of beamswitching candidates.

Alternatively, the beam pattern determined by the BS may be determinedbased on the information about the measured self-interference signal andinformation about cross-link interference (CLI) measured by another UE.

Alternatively, the UE and the other UE may be included in a first group,and the first group may include mutually affecting UEs.

Alternatively, the UE may support full duplex radio (FDR) mode.

Alternatively, based on the other UE supporting only transmission mode,the beam pattern determined by the BS may be determined based on bestcancellation of the measured self-interference signal.

Alternatively, based on the other UE supporting only reception mode, thebeam pattern determined by the BS may be determined in consideration ofperformance of the UE and performance of the other UE.

Alternatively, based on the other UE supporting the FDR mode, the beampattern determined by the BS may be determined based on leastdegradation of performance of the other UE.

According to another aspect, a UE for transmitting and receiving asignal in a wireless communication system may include a transmitter, areceiver, and a processor. The receiver may be configured to receiveinformation related to beam switching from a BS, the processor may beconfigured to generate at least one transmission beam pattern based onthe information related to the beam switching, the transmitter may beconfigured to transmit a reference signal by using the at least onetransmission beam pattern, the processor may be configured to measureself-interference signal based on the reference signal, the transmittermay be configured to transmit information about the measuredself-interference signal to the BS, and the receiver may be configuredto receive beam pattern information based on the measuredself-interference signal from the BS. The beam pattern information mayindicate a beam pattern determined by the BS, and the informationrelated to the beam switching may include information about one ofwhether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and thenumber of beam switching candidates.

According to another aspect, a method of transmitting and receiving asignal by a BS in a wireless communication system may includetransmitting, to a UE, information related to beam switching, receiving,from the UE, a reference signal by using at least one transmission beampattern of the UE, receiving, from the UE, information aboutself-interference signal measured by the UE, determining a beam patternbased on the measured self-interference signal, and transmitting, to theUE, beam pattern information about the determined beam pattern. The atleast one transmission beam pattern may be generated based on theinformation about the beam switching, and the information related to thebeam switching may include information about one of whether beamswitching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number ofbeam switching candidates.

According to another aspect, a BS for transmitting and receiving asignal in a wireless communication system may include a transmitter, areceiver, and a processor. The transmitter may be configured totransmit, to a UE, information related to beam switching, the receivermay be configured to receive, from the UE, a reference signal by usingat least one transmission beam pattern of the UE and receive, from theUE, information about self-interference signal measured by the UE, theprocessor may be configured to determine a beam pattern based on themeasured self-interference signal, and the transmitter may be configuredto transmit, to the UE, beam pattern information about the determinedbeam pattern. The at least one transmission beam pattern may begenerated based on the information about the beam switching, and theinformation related to the beam switching may include information aboutone of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval,and the number of beam switching candidates.

According to another aspect, an apparatus for a UE may include at leastone processor, and at least one computer memory operatively coupled tothe at least one processor and storing instructions which when executed,cause the at least one processor to perform operations. The operationsmay include receiving information related to beam switching from a BS,generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on theinformation related to the beam switching, transmitting a referencesignal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern, measuring aself-interference signal based on the reference signal, transmittinginformation about the measured self-interference signal to the BS, andreceiving beam pattern information based on the measuredself-interference signal from the BS. The beam pattern information mayindicate a beam pattern determined by the BS, and the informationrelated to the beam switching may include information about one ofwhether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and thenumber of beam switching candidates.

According to another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium storingat least one computer program may include instructions which whenexecuted by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processorto perform operations. The operations may comprise receiving informationrelated to beam switching from a BS, generating at least onetransmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beamswitching, transmitting a reference signal by using the at least onetransmission beam pattern, measuring a self-interference signal based onthe reference signal, transmitting information about the measuredself-interference signal to the BS, and receiving beam patterninformation based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS.The beam pattern information may indicate a beam pattern determined bythe BS, and the information related to the beam switching may includeinformation about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beamswitching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.

Advantageous Effects

According to the present disclosure, because an optimal beam pattern isindicated to a user equipment (UE) in consideration of bothself-interference (SI) and cross-link interference (CLI) in a fullduplex radio (FDR) communication system, system performance may beincreased.

The objects to be achieved are not limited to what has been particularlydescribed hereinabove and other objects not described herein will bemore clearly understood by persons skilled in the art from the followingdetailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the present disclosure, illustrate variousimplementation examples of the present disclosure and together with thedescription serve to explain the principle of the present disclosure. Inthe drawings:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating physical channels used in variousembodiments of the present disclosure and a signal transmission methodusing the same;

FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of a new radio (NR) system;

FIG. 3 illustrates functional split between a next-generation radioaccess network (NG-RAN) and a 5^(th) generation core network (5GC);

FIG. 4 illustrates the structure of an NR radio frame;

FIG. 5 illustrates a slot structure of an NR frame;

FIG. 6 illustrates a radio protocol architecture for sidelink (SL)communication;

FIG. 7 illustrates the structure of a self-contained slot;

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating representative methods ofconnecting transceiver units (TXRUs) to antenna elements;

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hybrid beamformingstructure from the perspective of TXRUs and physical antennas accordingto an example of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically illustrating a beam sweepingoperation for synchronization signals and system information during adownlink (DL) transmission process according to an example of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of a user equipment (UE) and a basestation (BS) that support full-duplex radio (FDR);

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the concept of atransmission/reception link and self-interference (SI) in an FDRcommunication situation;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating positions at which three self-ICschemes are applied, in a radio frequency (RF) transmit/receive end (oran RF front end) of a device;

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a self-interference cancellation device ina proposed communication apparatus in an OFDM communication environmentbased on FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an RF chain of a communication devicefor performing general FDR technology;

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an RF chain structure ofa communication device for cancelling an SI signal when an FDR scheme isused;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating two tones transmitted in both sides ofa communication band to control an SI reference generator;

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating time division for enabling each UE totransmit a signal while switching beam patterns and measure signalsreceived from other UEs according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating exemplary beam patterns available foran aggressor UE according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a process of transmission (Tx) beampattern switching and measurement reporting between a BS and UEsaccording to the present disclosure;

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating the operation states of UEs within agroup, which a BS considers in determining a beam pattern according tothe present disclosure;

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an overall method of operating a BSand UEs according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 24 illustrates a communication system applied to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 25 illustrates wireless devices applicable to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 26 illustrates another example of a wireless device applied to thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 27 illustrates a handheld device applied to the present disclosure;and

FIG. 28 illustrates a vehicle or an autonomous driving vehicle appliedto the present disclosure.

BEST MODE

Hereinafter, implementations according to the present disclosure will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Thedetailed description, which will be given below with reference to theaccompanying drawings, is intended to explain exemplary implementationsof the present disclosure, rather than to show the only implementationsthat may be implemented according to the present disclosure. Thefollowing detailed description includes specific details in order toprovide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. However, itwill be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present disclosuremay be practiced without such specific details. For example, while thefollowing detailed description is given under the assumption that amobile communication system is a 3GPP LTE or LTE-A system, the mobilecommunication system is applicable to other arbitrary mobilecommunication systems except for matters that are specific to the 3GPPLTE or LTE-A system. In some instances, known structures and devices maybe omitted or may be shown in block diagram form, focusing on importantfeatures of the structures and devices, so as not to obscure the conceptof the present disclosure. The same reference numbers will be usedthroughout the present disclosure to refer to the same or like parts.

In the following description, downlink (DL) refers to communication froma base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), and uplink (UL) refers tocommunication from the UE to the BS. On DL, a transmitter may be a partof the BS and a receiver may be a part of the UE. On UL, the transmittermay be a part of the UE and the receiver may be a part of the BS. In thepresent disclosure, the BS may be represented as a first communicationdevice and the UE may be represented as a second communication device.The BS may be replaced with the term “fixed station”, “Node B”,“evolved-Node B (eNB)”, “next generation Node B (gNB)”, “basetransceiver system (BTS)”, “access point (AP)”, “network or 5G networknode”, “AI system”, “roadside unit (RSU)”, or “robot”. The UE may bereplaced with the term “terminal”, “mobile station (MS)”, “user terminal(UT)” , “mobile subscriber station (MSS), “subscriber station (SS)”,“advanced mobile station (AMS)”, “wireless terminal (WT)”, “machine-typecommunication (MTC) device”, “machine-to-machine (M2M) device”,“device-to-device (D2D) device”, “vehicle”, “robot”, or “AI module”.

Technology described below may be used in various radio access systemssuch as a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a frequencydivision multiple access (FDMA) system, a time division multiple access(TDMA) system, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)system, and a single-carrier frequency division multiple access(SC-FDMA) system. CDMA may be implemented by radio technology such asuniversal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. TDMA may beimplemented by radio technology such as global system for mobilecommunications (GSM), general packet radio service (GPRS), or enhanceddata rates for GSM evolution (EDGE). OFDMA may be implemented by radiotechnology such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers(IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, or evolved-UTRA(E-UTRA). UTRA is part of universal mobile telecommunications system(UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long-term evolution(LTE) is part of evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using E-UTRA and LTE-advanced(LTE-A)/LTE-A pro is an evolved version of 3GPP LTE. 3GPP new radio ornew radio access technology (3GPP NR) is an evolved version of 3GPPLTE/LTE-A pro.

For clarity, a description is given based on a 3GPP communication system(e.g., LTE-A or NR) but the scope of the present disclosure is notlimited thereto. LTE refers to technology beyond 3GPP TS 36.xxx Release8. More specifically, LTE technology beyond 3GPP TS 36.xxx Release 10 isreferred to as LTE-A, and LTE technology beyond 3GPP TS 36.xxx Release13 is referred to as LTE-A pro. 3GPP NR refers to technology beyond TS38.xxx Release 15. LTE/NR may be referred to as a 3GPP system. “xxx”represents a detailed number of a technical specification. LTE/NR may becollectively referred to as a 3GPP system.

In the present disclosure, a node refers to a fixed point capable oftransmitting/receiving a radio signal to/from a UE by communication withthe UE. Various types of BSs may be used as nodes regardless of thenames thereof. For example, a BS, NB, eNB, pico-cell eNB (PeNB), homeeNB (HeNB), relay, or repeater may be the node. Furthermore, the nodemay not be the BS. For example, a radio remote head (RRH) or a radioremote unit (RRU) may be the node. Generally, the RRH or RRU has a powerlevel lower than that of the BS. At least one antenna is installed pernode. The antenna may refer to a physical antenna or refer to an antennaport, a virtual antenna, or an antenna group. The node may also becalled a point.

In the present disclosure, a cell refers to a specific geographical areaor a radio resource in or on which one or more nodes providecommunication services. The “cell” of the geographic area may beunderstood as coverage within which a node may provide services using acarrier, and the “cell” of the radio resources is associated withbandwidth, which is a frequency range configured by the carrier. SinceDL coverage, which is a range within which the node is capable oftransmitting a valid signal, and UL coverage, which is a range withinwhich the node is capable of receiving the valid signal from the UE,depend upon a carrier carrying the signal, coverage of the node may alsobe associated with coverage of the “cell” of a radio resource used bythe node. Accordingly, the term “cell” may be used to indicate servicecoverage by the node sometimes, the radio resource at other times, or arange within which a signal using the radio resource may reach withvalid strength at other times.

In the present disclosure, communicating with a specific cell may meancommunicating with a BS or a node that provides communication servicesto the specific cell. A DL/UL signal of the specific cell refers to aDL/UL signal from/to the BS or the node that provides communicationservices to the specific cell. A cell that provides UL/DL communicationservices to a UE is especially called a serving cell. Furthermore,channel status/quality of the specific cell refers to status/quality ofa channel or a communication link formed between the BS or the node thatprovides communication services to the specific cell and the UE.

The “cell” associated with the radio resource may be defined by acombination of DL resources and UL resources, i.e., a combination of aDL component carrier (CC) and a UL CC. The cell may be configured by theDL resources only or by the combination of the DL resources and the ULresources. If carrier aggregation is supported, linkage between acarrier frequency of the DL resources (or DL CC) and a carrier frequencyof the UL resources (or UL CC) may be indicated by system informationtransmitted through a corresponding cell. In this case, the carrierfrequency may be equal to or different from a center frequency of eachcell or CC. Hereinbelow, a cell operating on a primary frequency will bereferred to as a primary cell (Pcell) or a primary CC (PCC), and a celloperating on a secondary frequency will be referred to as a secondarycell (Scell) or a secondary CC (SCC). The Scell may be configured aftera UE and a BS perform a radio resource control (RRC) connectionestablishment procedure and thus RRC connection is established betweenthe UE and the BS, i.e., after the UE is in an RRC-CONNECTED state. RRCconnection may mean a path through which RRC of the UE may exchangemessages with RRC of the BS. The Scell may be configured to provideadditional radio resources to the UE. The Scell and the Pcell may form aset of serving cells for the UE according to capabilities of the UE.Only one serving cell configured with the Pcell exists for anRRC_CONNECTED UE which is not configured with carrier aggregation ordoes not support carrier aggregation.

A cell supports a unique RAT. For example, LTE RAT-basedtransmission/reception is performed in an LTE cell, and 5G RAT-basedtransmission/reception is performed in a 5G cell.

Carrier aggregation (CA) aggregates a plurality of carriers each havinga narrower system bandwidth than a target bandwidth to supportbroadband. CA differs from OFDMA in that DL or UL communication isperformed using a plurality of carrier frequencies each forming a systembandwidth (or channel bandwidth) in the former, and DL or ULcommunication is performed by carrying a basic frequency band dividedinto a plurality of orthogonal subcarriers in one carrier frequency inthe latter. In OFDMA or orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM), for example, one frequency band having a certain systembandwidth is divided into a plurality of subcarriers with apredetermined subcarrier spacing, information/data is mapped to theplurality of subcarriers, and the frequency band in which theinformation/data has been mapped is transmitted in a carrier frequencyof the frequency band through frequency upconversion. In wireless CA,frequency bands each having a system bandwidth and a carrier frequencymay be used simultaneously used for communication, and each frequencyband used in CA may be divided into a plurality of subcarriers with apredetermined subcarrier spacing.

The 3GPP-based communication standards define DL physical channelscorresponding to resource elements (REs) carrying information originatedfrom upper layers of a physical layer (e.g., a medium access control(MAC) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, a packet data convergenceprotocol (PDCP) layer, an RRC layer, a service data adaptation protocol(SDAP) layer, and a non-access stratum (NAS) layer), and DL physicalsignals corresponding to REs which are used in the physical layer but donot deliver information originated from the upper layers. For example, aphysical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical broadcast channel(PBCH), a physical multicast channel (PMCH), a physical control formatindicator channel (PCFICH), and a physical downlink control channel(PDCCH) are defined as the DL physical channels, and a reference signal(RS) and a synchronization signal are defined as the DL physicalsignals. The RS, also called a pilot, means a signal of a predefinedspecial waveform known to both a BS and a UE. For example, acell-specific RS (CRS), a UE-specific RS (UE-RS), a positioning RS(PRS), a channel state information RS (CSI-RS), and a demodulation RS(DMRS) are defined as DL RSs. The 3GPP-based communication standardsalso define UL physical channels corresponding to REs carryinginformation originating from upper layers, and UL physical signalscorresponding to REs which are used in the physical layer but do notcarry information originating from the upper layers. For example, aphysical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH) aredefined as the UL physical channels, and a DMRS for a UL control/datasignal and a sounding reference signal (SRS) used for UL channelmeasurement are defined for the UL physical signals.

In the present disclosure, the PDCCH and the PDSCH may refer to a set oftime-frequency resources or REs that carry downlink control information(DCI) and DL data, respectively. The PUCCH, PUSCH, and PRACH refer to aset of time-frequency resources or REs that carry uplink controlinformation (UCI), UL data, and random access signals, respectively. Inthe following description, “the UE transmits a UL physical channel(e.g., a PUCCH, PUSCH, or PRACH)” may mean that the UE transmits theUCI, UL data, or random access signals on or through the UL physicalchannel, and “the BS receives a UL physical channel” may mean that theBS receives the UCI, UL data, or random access signal on or through theUL physical channel. “The BS transmits a DL physical channel (e.g., aPDCCH or PDSCH)” may mean that the BS transmits the DCI or DL data on orthrough the DL physical channel, and “the UE receives a DL physicalchannel” may mean that the UE receives the DCI or DL data on or throughthe DL physical channel.

In the present disclosure, a transport block (TB) is payload for aphysical layer. For example, data provided to the physical layer by anupper layer or a MAC layer is basically referred to as a TB.

In the present disclosure, hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) isa kind of error control technique. HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)transmitted on DL is used for error control of UL data, and HARQ-ACKtransmitted on UL is used for error control of DL data. A transmitterperforming a HARQ operation awaits reception of ACK after transmittingdata (e.g., a TB or a codeword). A receiver performing a HARQ operationtransmits ACK only when data has been successfully received andtransmits negative ACK (NACK) when the received data has an error. Uponreceipt of ACK, the transmitter may transmit (new) data, and uponreceipt of NACK, the transmitter may retransmit the data. Time delayoccurs until a BS receives ACK/NACK from a UE and transmitsretransmission data after transmitting scheduling information and dataaccording to the scheduling information. The time delay is generated dueto channel propagation delay or time consumed for datadecoding/encoding. Accordingly, if new data is transmitted after a HARQprocess which is currently in progress is ended, a gap in datatransmission occurs due to time delay. In order to prevent the gap indata transmission from occurring during a time delay duration, aplurality of independent HARQ processes is used. For example, when thereare 7 transmission occasions between initial transmission andretransmission, a communication device may perform 7 independent HARQprocesses to transmit data without any gap. A plurality of parallel HARQprocesses enables successive UL/DL transmission while the device awaitsHARQ feedback for previous UL/DL transmission.

In the present disclosure, CSI generically refers to informationrepresenting the quality of a radio channel (or link) establishedbetween a UE and an antenna port. The CSI may include at least one of achannel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), aCSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), a synchronization signal block resourceindicator (SSBRI), a layer indicator (LI), a rank indicator (RI), or areference signal received power (RSRP).

For the background technology, terminology, and abbreviations used inthe present disclosure, reference may be made to standard specificationspublished before the present disclosure. For example, reference may bemade to the following disclosures.

3GPP LTE

-   -   3GPP TS 36.211: Physical channels and modulation    -   3GPP TS 36.212: Multiplexing and channel coding    -   3GPP TS 36.213: Physical layer procedures    -   3GPP TS 36.214: Physical layer; Measurements    -   3GPP TS 36.300: Overall description    -   3GPP TS 36.304: User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode    -   3GPP TS 36.314: Layer 2—Measurements    -   3GPP TS 36.321: Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 36.322: Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 36.323: Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)    -   3GPP TS 36.331: Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 23.303: Proximity-based services (Prose); Stage 2    -   3GPP TS 23.285: Architecture enhancements for V2X services    -   3GPP TS 23.401: General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements        for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)        access    -   3GPP TS 23.402: Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses    -   3GPP TS 23.286: Application layer support for V2X services;        Functional architecture and information flows    -   3GPP TS 24.301: Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved        Packet System (EPS); Stage 3    -   3GPP TS 24.302: Access to the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) via        non-3GPP access networks; Stage 3    -   3GPP TS 24.334: Proximity-services (ProSe) User Equipment (UE)        to ProSe function protocol aspects; Stage 3    -   3GPP TS 24.386: User Equipment (UE) to V2X control function;        protocol aspects; Stage 3

3GPP NR

-   -   3GPP TS 38.211: Physical channels and modulation    -   3GPP TS 38.212: Multiplexing and channel coding    -   3GPP TS 38.213: Physical layer procedures for control    -   3GPP TS 38.214: Physical layer procedures for data    -   3GPP TS 38.215: Physical layer measurements    -   3GPP TS 38.300: NR and NG-RAN Overall Description    -   3GPP TS 38.304: User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode and        in RRC inactive state    -   3GPP TS 38.321: Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 38.322: Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 38.323: Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)    -   3GPP TS 38.331: Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol    -   3GPP TS 37.324: Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP)    -   3GPP TS 37.340: Multi-connectivity; Overall description    -   3GPP TS 23.287: Application layer support for V2X services;        Functional architecture and information flows    -   3GPP TS 23.501: System Architecture for the 5G System    -   3GPP TS 23.502: Procedures for the 5G System    -   3GPP TS 23.503: Policy and Charging Control Framework for the 5G        System; Stage 2    -   3GPP TS 24.501: Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for 5G System        (5GS); Stage 3    -   3GPP TS 24.502: Access to the 3GPP 5G Core Network (SGCN) via        non-3GPP access networks    -   3GPP TS 24.526: User Equipment (UE) policies for 5G System        (5GS); Stage 3

Overview of 3GPP System

Physical Channels and General Signal Transmission

In a radio access system, a UE receives information from a BS on DL andtransmits information to the BS on UL. Information transmitted andreceived by the BS and the UE includes general data information andvarious control information, and various physical channels existaccording to the type/usage of the information transmitted and receivedby the BS and the UE.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating physical channels used in variousembodiments of the present disclosure and a signal transmission methodusing the same.

When a UE is powered on again from a power-off state or enters a newcell, the UE performs an initial cell search procedure, such asacquisition of synchronization to a BS (S11). To this end, the UEestablishes synchronization with the BS by receiving a primarysynchronization channel (P-SCH) and a secondary synchronization channel(S-SCH) from the BS and acquires information such as a cell identity(ID).

Then the UE may acquire information broadcast in a cell by receiving aPBCH signal from the BS.

In the initial cell search procedure, the UE may monitor a DL channelstatus by receiving a DL RS.

Upon completion of the initial cell search procedure, the UE may acquiremore detailed system information by receiving a PDCCH and a PDSCHaccording to information carried on the PDCCH (S12).

Next, the UE may perform a random access procedure in order to completeaccess to the BS (S13 to S16). To this end, the UE may transmit apreamble through a PRACH (S13) and receive a random access response(RAR) to the preamble through the PDCCH and the PDSCH corresponding tothe PDCCH (S14). The UE may transmit a PUSCH using schedulinginformation in the RAR (S15) and perform a contention resolutionprocedure such as reception of a PDCCH signal and reception of a PDSCHsignal corresponding to the PDCCH signal (S16).

Meanwhile, the random access procedure is performed in two steps, S13and S15 may be performed as one operation in which the UE performstransmission, and S14 and S16 may be performed as one operation in whichthe BS performs transmission.

The UE that has performed the above-described procedure may receive aPDCCH signal and/or a PDSCH signal (S17) and/or transmit a PUSCH signaland/or a PUCCH signal (S18), as a general UL/DL signal transmissionprocedure.

Control information that the UE transmits to the BS is collectivelyreferred to as UCI. The UCI includes HARQ-ACK/NACK, scheduling request(SR), CQI, PMI, and RI information.

Generally, the UCI is periodically transmitted through the PUCCH.However, when control information and data should be simultaneouslytransmitted, the UCI may be transmitted through the PUSCH. In addition,the UE may aperiodically transmit the UCI through the PUSCH according tothe request/indication of a network.

New Radio Access Technology (NR)

As more and more communication devices demand larger communicationcapacity, there is a need for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)communication relative to legacy radio access technology (RAT). Inaddition, massive machine type communication (mMTC) for providingvarious services at anytime and anywhere by connecting a plurality ofdevices and objects to each other is one main issue to be considered innext-generation communication. Further, communication system designconsidering services/UEs sensitive to reliability and latency is alsounder discussion. The introduction of next-generation RAT is beingdiscussed in consideration of eMBB communication, mMTC, ultra-reliableand low-latency communication (URLLC), and the like. In the presentdisclosure, such technology is referred to as NR. NR is an expressionrepresenting an example of fifth-generation (5G) RAT.

A new RAT system including NR uses an OFDM transmission scheme or atransmission scheme similar thereto. The new RAT system may follow OFDMparameters different from OFDM parameters of LTE. Alternatively, the newRAT system may follow numerology of legacy LTE/LTE-A as it is or have alarger system bandwidth (e.g., 100 MHz). Alternatively, one cell maysupport a plurality of numerologies. In other words, UEs that operatewith different numerologies may coexist in one cell.

The numerology corresponds to one subcarrier spacing in the frequencydomain. Different numerologies may be defined by scaling a referencesubcarrier spacing to an integer N.

FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of an NR system.

Referring to FIG. 2, a next-generation radio access network (NG-RAN) mayinclude a gNB and/or an eNB that provides a UE with user plane andcontrol plane protocol termination points. FIG. 2 shows that the NG-RANincludes only the gNB. The gNB and the eNB are connected with each otherby means of an Xn interface. The gNB and the eNB are also connected to a5G core network (5GC) by means of an NG interface. More specifically,the gNB and the eNB are connected to an access and mobility managementfunction (AMF) by means of an NG-C interface and to a user planefunction (UPF) by means of an NG-U interface.

FIG. 3 illustrates functional split between an NG-RAN and a 5GC.

Referring to FIG. 3, a gNB may provide functions, such as intercellradio resource management (RRM), radio bearer control, connectionmobility control, radio admission control, measurement configuration andprovision, dynamic resource allocation, etc. An AMF may providefunctions, such as NAS security, idle state mobility handling, etc. AUPF may provide functions, such as mobility anchoring, protocol dataunit (PDU) handling, etc. A session management function (SMF) mayprovide functions, such as UE IP address allocation, PDU sessioncontrol, etc.

FIG. 4 illustrates the structure of an NR radio frame.

Referring to FIG. 4, a radio frame may be used for UL and DLtransmission in NR. The radio frame is 10 ms long and may be defined astwo half-frames (HFs), each 5 ms long. An HF may include 5 subframes(SFs), each 1 ms long. An SF may be split into one or more slots. Thenumber of slots in the SF may be determined based on a subcarrierspacing (SCS). Each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols dependingon a cyclic prefix (CP).

When a normal CP is used, each slot may include 14 symbols. When anextended CP is used, each slot may include 12 symbols. Here, a symbolmay include an OFDM symbol (or CP-time resource duration) or an SC-FDMAsymbol (or discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).

Table 1 below shows the number of symbols per slot, N^(slot) _(symb),the number of slots per frame, N^(frame,u) _(slot), and the number ofslots per subframe, N^(subframe,u) _(slot) according to SCSconfiguration u when the normal CP is used.

TABLE 1 SCS (15*2^(u)) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot)N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1 30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2 60KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3)  14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4)  14 160 16

Table 2 shows the number of symbols per slot, the number of slots perframe, and the number of slots per subframe according to SCS when theextended CP is used.

TABLE 2 SCS (15*2u) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot)N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 60 KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4

In an NR system, different OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCSs and CPlengths) may be configured between a plurality of cells aggregated forone UE. Then, an (absolute time) duration of a time resource (e.g., asubframe, a slot, or a transmission time interval (TTI)) consisting ofthe same number of symbols (for convenience, referred to as a time unit(TU)) may be differently configured between the aggregated cells.

NR supports a plurality of numerologies or SCSs to support various 5Gservices. For example, when an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area in traditionalcellular bands may be supported. When the SCS is 30 kHz or 60 kHz, adense-urban, lower latency, and wider carrier bandwidth may besupported. When the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, bandwidth greater than24.25 kHz may be supported in order to overcome phase noise.

An NR frequency band defines two types of frequency ranges. The twotypes of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The frequency ranges mayvary in number. For example, the two types of frequency ranges are shownin Table 3 below. Among the frequency ranges used in the NR system, FR1may represent refer to “sub-6 GHz range”, and FR2 may represent “above 6GHz range” and may be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).

TABLE 3 Frequency Corresponding frequency Subcarrier Spacing Rangedesignation range (SCS) FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

As described above, the frequency ranges of the NR system may vary innumber. For example, FR1 may include a band of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz asshown in Table 4 below. That is, FR1 may include a frequency band above6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.). For example, a frequency bandabove 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.) included in FR1 may includean unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for variouspurposes, for example, communication for a vehicle (e.g., a self-drivingvehicle).

TABLE 4 Frequency Corresponding Subcarrier Spacing Range designationfrequency range (SCS) FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

FIG. 5 illustrates a slot structure of an NR frame.

Referring to FIG. 5, a slot includes a plurality of symbols in the timedomain. For example, one slot may include 14 symbols for a normal CP,whereas one slot may include 12 symbols for an extended CP.Alternatively, one slot may include 7 symbols for the normal CP, whereasone slot may include 6 symbols for the extended CP.

A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. Aresource block (RB) may be defined as multiple (e.g., 12) contiguoussubcarriers in the frequency domain. A bandwidth part (BWP) may bedefined as a plurality of contiguous (physical) resource blocks ((P)RBs)in the frequency domain and may correspond one numerology (e.g., SCS orCP length). The carrier may include a maximum of N (e.g., 5) BWPs. Datacommunication may be performed through an activated BWP. Each elementmay be referred to as an RE in a resource grid, and one complex symbolmay be mapped to the RE.

Meanwhile, a radio interface between UEs or a radio interface between aUE and a network may consist of an L1 layer, an L2 layer, and an L3layer. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the L1 layermay represent a physical layer. The L2 layer may represent, for example,at least one of a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a PDCP layer, and an SDAPlayer. The L3 layer may represent, for example, an RRC layer.

Hereinafter, V2X or sidelink (SL) communication will be described.

FIG. 6 illustrates a radio protocol architecture for SL communication.Specifically, FIG. 6A illustrates a user plane protocol stack of NR andFIG. 6B illustrates a control plane protocol stack of NR.

Hereinafter, a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) andsynchronization information will be described.

The SLSS may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS)and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as anSL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primarysynchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as asidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example,length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 goldsequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSSfor initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. Forexample, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition ofdetailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signalID.

A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast)channel for transmitting default (system) information which should befirst known by the UE before SL signal transmission and reception. Forexample, the default information may be information related to an SLSS,a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL configuration,information related to a resource pool, a type of an application relatedto the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. Forexample, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload sizeof the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit CRC.

The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format(e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter,sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodicaltransmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CPlength) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelinkshared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth mayexist within a (pre-)configured SL BWP. For example, the S-SSB may havea BW of 11 RBs. For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. Inaddition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured.Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection infrequencies to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.

In the NR SL system, a plurality of numerologies including differentSCSs and/or CP lengths may be supported. As an SCS increases, the lengthof a time resource for S-SSB transmission of a transmitting UE may beshortened. Then, coverage of the S-SSB may be reduced. Accordingly, inorder to ensure coverage of the S-SSB, the transmitting UE may transmitone or more S-SSBs to a receiving terminal within one S-SSB transmissionperiod according to the SCS. For example, the number of S-SSBs that thetransmitting terminal transmits to the receiving terminal within oneS-SSB transmission period may be pre-configured or configured for thetransmitting UE. For example, the S-SSB transmission period may be 160ms. For example, for all SCSs, an S-SSB transmission period of 160 msmay be supported.

For example, when the SCS is 15 kHz in FR1, the transmitting UE maytransmit one or two S-SSBs to the receiving UE within one S-SSBtransmission period. For example, when the SCS is 30 kHz in FR1, thetransmitting UE may transmit one or two S-SSBs to the receiving UEwithin one S-SSB transmission period. For example, when the SCS is 60kHz in FR1, the transmitting UE may transmit one, two, or four S-SSBs tothe receiving UE within one S-SSB transmission period.

For example, when the SCS is 60 kHz in FR2, the transmitting UE maytransmit 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 S-SSBs to the receiving UE within oneS-SSB transmission period. For example, when the SCS is 120 kHz in FR2,the transmitting UE may transmit 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 S-SSBs to thereceiving UE within one S-SSB transmission period.

When the SCS is 60 kHz, two types of CPs may be supported. Further, thestructure of an S-SSB transmitted by the transmitting UE to thereceiving UE may be different according to a CP type. For example, theCP type may be a normal CP (NCP) or an extended CP (ECP). Morespecifically, for example, when the CP type is NCP, the number ofsymbols to which the PSBCH is mapped in the S-SSB transmitted by thetransmitting UE may be 9 or 8. On the other hand, for example, when theCP type is ECP, the number of symbols to which the PSBCH is mapped inthe S-SSB transmitted by the transmitting UE may be 7 or 6. For example,the PSBCH may be mapped to the first symbol of the S-SSB transmitted bythe transmitting UE. For example, upon receipt of the S-SSB, thereceiving UE may perform an automatic gain control (AGC) operation inthe first symbol period of the S-SSB.

FIG. 7 illustrates the structure of a self-contained slot.

In the NR system, a frame is characterized by a self-contained structurein which all of a DL control channel, DL or UL data, and a UL controlchannel may be included in one slot. For example, the first N symbols(referred to as a DL control region) of a slot may be used to carry theDL control channel, and the last M symbols (referred to as a UL controlregion) of the slot may be used to carry the UL control channel. Each ofN and M is an integer equal to or greater than 0. A resource area(referred to as a data region) between the DL control region and the ULcontrol region may be used for DL data transmission or UL datatransmission. For example, the following configurations may beconsidered. Each period is arranged in time order.

1. DL only configuration

2. UL only configuration

3. Mixed UL-DL configuration

-   -   DL region+guard period (GP)+UL control region    -   DL control region+GP+UL region    -   DL region: (i) DL data region, (ii) DL control region+DL data        region    -   UL region: (i) UL data region, (ii) UL data region+UL control        region

A PDCCH may be transmitted in the DL control region, and a PDSCH may betransmitted in the DL data region. A PUCCH may be transmitted in the ULcontrol region, and a PUSCH may be transmitted in the UL data region.The PDCCH may deliver DCI, for example, DL data scheduling informationand UL data scheduling information. The PUCCH may deliver UCI, forexample, ACK/NACK information for DL data, CSI, and an SR. The GPprovides a time gap during which a BS and a UE transition from atransmission mode to a reception mode or from the reception mode to thetransmission mode. Some symbols at the time of DL-to-UL switching in asubframe may be configured as the GP.

In the present disclosure, the BS may be, for example, a gNodeB.

Analog Beamforming

As a wavelength becomes short in mmW, it is possible to install aplurality of antenna elements in the same area. For example, a total of100 antenna elements may be installed at (wavelength) intervals of 0.5lambda in a 30-GHz band in a two-dimensional (2D) array on a panel of 5by 5 cm. Therefore, it is considered to increase coverage or throughputby increasing beamforming (BF) gain through use of a plurality ofantenna elements in mmW.

In this case, each antenna element may include a transceiver unit (TXRU)to enable adjustment of transmit power and phase per antenna element.Thereby, each antenna element may perform independent BF per frequencyresource.

However, installing TXRUs in all of the about 100 antenna elements isless feasible in terms of cost. Therefore, a method of mapping aplurality of antenna elements to one TXRU and adjusting the direction ofa beam using an analog phase shifter has been considered. However, thismethod is disadvantageous in that frequency selective BF is difficultbecause only one beam direction is generated over the full band.

To solve this problem, as an intermediate form of digital BF and analogBF, hybrid BF with B TXRUs that are fewer than Q antenna elements may beconsidered. In the case of the hybrid BF, the number of beam directionsthat may be transmitted at the same time may be limited to B or less,which depends on how B TXRUs and Q antenna elements are connected.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating representative methods ofconnecting TXRUs to antenna elements. Here, a TXRU virtualization modelrepresents the relationship between TXRU output signals and antennaelement output signals.

FIG. 8 illustrates a method of connecting TXRUs to sub-arrays. In FIG.8, an antenna element is connected to only one TXRU.

Meanwhile, FIG. 9 illustrates a method of connecting a TXRU to allantenna elements. In FIG. 9, all antenna elements are connected to allTXRUs. In this case, separate adders are required to connect all antennaelements to all TXRUs as illustrated in FIG. 9.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, W indicates a phase vector weighted by an analog phaseshifter. That is, W is a main parameter determining the direction ofanalog BF. In this case, the mapping relationship between CSI-RS antennaports and TXRUs may be 1:1 or 1-to-many.

The configuration illustrated in FIG. 8 has a disadvantage in that it isdifficult to achieve BF focusing but has an advantage in that allantennas may be configured at low cost.

The configuration illustrated in FIG. 9 is advantageous in that BFfocusing is easily achieved. However, since all antenna elements areconnected to the TXRU, the configuration has a disadvantage of increasein cost.

When a plurality of antennas is used in the NR system to which thepresent disclosure is applicable, the hybrid BF method obtained bycombining digital BF and analog BF may be applied. In this case, analog(or radio frequency (RF)) BF means an operation in which precoding (orcombining) is performed at an RF end. In the case of hybrid BF,precoding (or combining) is performed at each of a baseband end and theRF end. Thus, hybrid BF guarantees performance similar to digital BFwhile reducing the number of RF chains and the number ofdigital-to-analog (D/A) (or analog-to-digital (A/D)) converters.

For convenience of description, the hybrid BF structure may berepresented by N TXRUs and M physical antennas. In this case, digital BFfor L data layers to be transmitted by a transmitting end may berepresented by an N*L (N by L) matrix. Thereafter, N converted digitalsignals are converted into analog signals by the TXRUs, and then analogBF, which may be represented by an M*N (M by N) matrix, is applied tothe converted signals.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hybrid BF structurefrom the perspective of TXRUs and physical antennas according to anexample of the present disclosure. In FIG. 10, the number of digitalbeams is L and the number of analog beams is N.

Additionally, a method of providing efficient BF to UEs located in aspecific area by designing a BS capable of changing analog BF on asymbol basis has been considered in the NR system. Further, when N TXRUsand M RF antennas are defined as one antenna panel, a method ofintroducing a plurality of antenna panels in which independent hybrid BFmay be applied has also been considered in the NR system according tothe present disclosure.

When the BS uses a plurality of analog beams as described above, each UEmay have a different analog beam suitable for signal reception. Thus, abeam sweeping operation in which the BS transmits signals (at leastsynchronization signals, system information, paging, etc.) by applying adifferent analog beam to each symbol in a specific SF in order to allowall UEs to have reception opportunities has been considered in the NRsystem to which the present disclosure is applicable.

FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically illustrating a beam sweepingoperation for synchronization signals and system information during a DLtransmission process according to an example of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 11, a physical resource (or channel) for transmitting systeminformation of the NR system to which the present disclosure isapplicable in a broadcasting manner is referred to as a physicalbroadcast channel (xPBCH). In this case, analog beams belonging todifferent antenna panels may be simultaneously transmitted in onesymbol.

In addition, the introduction of a beam reference signal (BRS)corresponding to an RS to which a single analog beam (corresponding to aspecific antenna panel) is applied has been discussed as configurationfor measuring a channel per analog beam in the NR system to which thepresent disclosure is applicable. The BRS may be defined for a pluralityof antenna ports, and each BRS antenna port may correspond to a singleanalog beam. In this case, unlike the BRS, all analog beams in an analogbeam group may be applied to the synchronization signal or xPBCH toassist a random UE in correctly receiving the synchronization signal orxPBCH.

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) RS

DMRS

A DMRS of NR is characteristically transmitted, only when necessary, toreinforce network energy efficiency and guarantee forward compatibility.Density of DMRSs in the time domain may vary according to speed ormobility of a UE. To track fast variation of a radio channel in NR,density of DMRSs in the time domain may increase.

(1) DL DMRS Related Operation

A DMRS related operation for PDSCH transmission/reception will now bedescribed.

A BS transmits DMRS configuration information to the UE. The DMRSconfiguration information may refer to a DMRS-DownlinkConfig informationelement (IE). The DMRS-DownlinkConfig IE may include a dmrs-Typeparameter, a dmrs-AdditionalPosition parameter, a maxLength parameter,and a phaseTrackingRS parameter. The ‘dmrs-Type’ parameter is aparameter for selecting a DMRS type to be used for DL. In NR, the DMRSmay be divided into two configuration types: (1) DMRS configuration type1 and (2) DMRS configuration type 2. DMRS configuration type 1 has ahigher RS density in the frequency domain and DMRS configuration type 2has more DMRS antenna ports. The ‘dmrs-AdditionalPosition’ parameter isa parameter indicating the position of an additional DMRS on DL. The‘maxLength’ parameter is a parameter indicating the maximum number ofOFDM symbols for a DL front-loaded DMRS. The ‘phaseTrackingRS’ parameteris a parameter for configuring a DL phase tracking reference signal(PTRS).

The first position of the front-loaded DMRS is determined according to aPDSCH mapping type (Type A or Type B) and an additional DMRS may beconfigured to support the UE at a high speed. The front-loaded DMRSoccupies one or two consecutive OFDM symbols and is indicated by RRCsignaling and DCI.

The BS generates a sequence used for the DMRS based on the DMRSconfiguration. The BS maps the generated sequence to REs. Here, the REmay include at least one of time, frequency, an antenna port, or a code.

The BS transmits the DMRS to the UE on the REs. The UE receives thePDSCH using the received DMRS.

(2) UL DMRS Related Operation

A DMRS related operation for PUSCH reception will now be described.

The UL DMRS related operation is similar to the DL DMRS relatedoperation, and the terms of parameters related to DL may be replacedwith the terms of parameters related to UL. For example, theDMRS-DownlinkConfig IE may be replaced with a DMRS-UplinkConfig IE, thePDSCH mapping type may be replaced with a PUSCH mapping type, and thePDSCH may be replaced with a PUSCH. In the DL DMRS related operation,the BS may be replaced with the UE and the UE may be replaced with theBS.

Generation of a sequence for the UL DMRS may be differently defineddepending on whether transform precoding is enabled. For example, ifcyclic prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM) is used (i.e., transform precoding is notenabled), the DMRS uses a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence, and if discreteFourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) is used (i.e., transformprecoding is enabled), a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence having a length of 30or more is used.

Overview of FDR System and Interference Element in FDR

A full-duplex radio (FDR) transmission and reception system capable ofsimultaneously transmitting and receiving UL and DL signals in the samefrequency band may increase to a maximum of twice frequency efficiency(spectral efficiency) as compared to a legacy system for transmittingand receiving UL and DL signals based on frequency and time division andthus has been spotlighted as one of core technologies of anext-generation 5G mobile communication system.

FDR using a single frequency transmission band may be defined as atransmission resource configuration scheme for simultaneously performingtransmission and reception through the single frequency transmissionband from the viewpoint of an arbitrary wireless device. A specialexample thereof may be represented as, in wireless communication betweena general BS (a relay, a relay node, or a remote radio head (RRH)) and awireless UE, a transmission resource configuration method ofsimultaneously performing DL transmission and UL reception of the BS andDL reception and UL transmission of the wireless UE. Another example maybe represented as a transmission resource configuration method ofsimultaneously performing transmission and reception between thewireless UEs in the same frequency transmission band in device-to-devicedirect communication (D2D) between wireless UEs. While wirelesstransmission and reception between the general BS and the wireless UEand proposed techniques related to FDR are described in the presentdisclosure, a wireless network device for performing wirelesstransmission and reception with a UE other than the general BS may beincluded in the preset disclosure and direct communication between UEsmay also be included.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of a UE and a BS that support FDR.

In an FDR situation illustrated in FIG. 12, the following three types ofinterference are produced.

Intra-device self-interference: Because transmission and reception areperformed on the same time and frequency resources, a desired signal anda signal transmitted from the BS or UE are received at the same time atthe BS or UE. The transmitted signal is received with almost noattenuation at a reception antenna of the BS or UE, and thus with muchlarger power than the desired signal. As a result, the transmittedsignal serves as interference.

UE-to-UE inter-link interference: A UL signal transmitted by the UE isreceived at an adjacent UE and thus serves as interference.

BS-to-BS inter-link interference: The BS-to-BS inter-link interferencerefers to interference caused by signals that are transmitted betweenBSs or heterogeneous BSs (a picocell, a femtocell, and a relay) in aheterogeneous network (HetNet) state and received by a reception antennaof another BS.

Among such three types of interference, intra-device self-interference(hereinafter, self-interference (SI)) is generated only in an FDR systemto significantly deteriorate performance of the FDR system. Therefore,first of all, intra-device SI needs to be cancelled in order to operatethe FDR system.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the concept of atransmission/reception link and SI in an FDR communication situation.

As illustrated in FIG. 13, SI may be divided into direct interferencecaused when a signal transmitted from a transmit (Tx) antenna directlyenters a receive (Rx) antenna without path attenuation, and reflectedinterference reflected by peripheral topology. The level of SI isdramatically higher than a desired signal due to a physical distancedifference. Due to the dramatically large interference intensity,efficient SI cancellation is necessary to operate the FDR system.

To effectively operate the FDR system, self-interference cancellation(self-IC) requirements with respect to the maximum transmission power ofdevices (in the case in which FDR is applied to a mobile communicationsystem (bandwidth (BW)=20 MHz)) may be determined as illustrated inTable 5 below.

TABLE 5 Max. Tx Thermal Receiver Self-IC Power Noise Receiver ThermalTarget Node Type (P_(A)) (BW = 20 MHz) NF Noise Level (P_(A)- TN-NF)Macro eNB 46 dBm −101 dBm 5 db −96 dBm 142 dB Pico eNB 30 dBm (for eNB)126 dB Femto eNB, 23 dBm 119 dB WLAN AP UE 28 dBm 9 db −92 dBm 115 dB(for UE)

Referring to Table 5, it may be noted that, to effectively operate theFDR system in a 20-MHz BW, the UE needs 119-dBm self-IC performance. Athermal noise value may be changed to N_(0,BW)=−174 dBm+10 log₁₀(BW)according to the BW of the mobile communication system. In Table 5, thethermal noise value is calculated on the assumption of a 20-MHz BW. Inrelation to Table 5, for a receiver noise figure (NF), a worst case isconsidered with reference to the 3GPP specification requirements. Areceiver thermal noise level is determined to be the sum of a thermalnoise value and a receiver NF in a specific BW.

Types of SELF-IC Schemes and Methods of Applying Self-IC Schemes

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating positions at which three self-ICschemes are applied, in an RF Tx/Rx end (or an RF front end) of adevice. Hereinafter, a brief description will be given of the threeself-IC schemes.

Antenna self-IC: Antenna self-IC is a self-IC scheme that should beperformed first among all self-IC schemes. SI is cancelled at an antennaend. Most simply, transfer of an SI signal may be physically blocked byplacing a signal-blocking object between a Tx antenna and an Rx antenna,or a part of an SI signal may be canceled by artificially controllingthe distance between antennas using multiple antennas or by inverting aphase of a specific Tx signal. Further, a part of an SI signal may becancelled by means of multiple polarized antennas or directionalantennas.

Analog self-IC: Interference is canceled at an analog end before an Rxsignal passes through an ADC. An SI signal is canceled using aduplicated analog signal. This operation may be performed in an RFregion or an intermediate frequency (IF) region. A specific SI signalcancellation method is described below. A duplicate of an actuallyreceived SI signal is generated by delaying an analog Tx signal and thencontrolling the amplitude and phase of the delayed Tx signal, and theduplicate signal is subtracted from a signal received at an Rx antenna.However, due to analog signal-based processing, the resultingimplementation complexity and circuit characteristics may causeadditional distortion, thereby significantly changing IC performance.

Digital self-IC: Interference is canceled after an Rx signal passesthrough an ADC. Digital self-IC covers all IC techniques performed in abaseband region. Most simply, a duplicate of an SI signal is generatedusing a digital Tx signal, and the duplicate signal is subtracted froman Rx digital signal. Alternatively, techniques of performingprecoding/postcoding in a baseband using multiple antennas so that a Txsignal of a UE or a BS may not be received at an Rx antenna may beclassified as digital self-IC. However, since digital self-IC isperformed only when a digital modulated signal is quantized to a levelsufficient to recover information of a desired signal, there is a needfor the prerequisite that the difference between signal powers of aninterference signal remaining after IC using one of the above-describedtechniques and a designed signal should fall into an ADC range in orderto perform digital Self-IC.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a self-IC device in a proposedcommunication apparatus in an OFDM communication environment based onFIG. 14.

While FIG. 15 shows that digital self-IC is performed using digital SIsignal information before digital-to-analog conversion and afteranalog-to-digital conversion, digital self-IC may be performed using adigital SI signal after inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) and beforefast Fourier transform (FFT). In addition, although FIG. 15 is aconceptual diagram of self-IC though separation of a Tx antenna and anRx antenna, if antenna IC is performed using a single antenna, anantenna configuration scheme may be different from antenna configurationof FIG. 15. A functional block may be added to or removed from theself-IC device of FIG. 15 according to purpose.

Signal Modeling of FDR System

Since the FDR system uses the same frequency between a Tx signal and anRx signal, non-linear components in RF significantly affect the Tx andRx signals. In particular, the Tx signal is distorted by non-linearproperties of active elements such as a power amplifier (PA) of a Tx RFchain and a low-noise amplifier (LNA) of an Rx RF chain, such distortionmay be modified by a mixer in the Tx/Rx RF chain. Due to suchdistortion, the Tx signal may be modeled as generation of componentscorresponding to a high order. Components corresponding to an even orderamong the high-order components have influence on the vicinity of directcurrent (DC) and a high frequency region corresponding to severalmultiples of a center frequency and thus may be efficiently cancelledusing an existing alternating current (AC) coupling or filtering scheme.However, components corresponding to an odd order are generated in thevicinity of a center frequency and thus cannot be easily cancelledunlike the even order components, thereby having a significant influenceon reception. In consideration of non-linear properties of the odd-ordercomponents, an Rx signal subjected to ADC in the FDR system may beexpressed using the Parallel Hammerstein (PH) model as shown in Equation1 below.

$\begin{matrix}{{{y(n)} = {{{h_{D}(n)}*{x_{D}(n)}} + {\sum\limits_{\underset{k = {odd}}{{k = 1},\ldots,K}}{{h_{{SI},k}(n)}*{❘{x_{SI}(n)}❘}^{k - 1}{x_{SI}(n)}}} + {z(n)}}},} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}1} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

where x_(D)(n) denotes data to be received, h_(D)(n) denotes a desiredchannel experienced by data to be received, x_(SI)(n) denotes datatransmitted by a Tx end, h_(SI,k)(n) denotes a self-channel experiencedby data transmitted by the Tx end and indicates a linear component fork=1 and a non-linear component for k having an odd number of 3 or more,and z(n) denotes additive white gaussian noise (AWGN).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an RF chain of a communication devicefor performing general FDR technology.

In order to cancel an SI signal in a communication device using FDR, itis necessary to generate a duplicate signal, which is exactly identicalto the SI signal, (hereinafter, an SI RS). Referring to FIG. 16, forcancellation of the SI signal, a method of subtracting the SI RSSI_(REF) from the SI signal before an Rx signal arrives at an LNA of anRx end of the RX chain is generally used. In order to generate the SI RSSI_(REF), a communication device branches a Tx signal of a Tx end (theTx signal is branched after passing through a PA of the Tx end in FIG.16) and causes a portion of the Tx signal to pass through an SIreference generator including an attenuator, a phase shifter, and a truetime delay circuit. The SI reference generator generates the SI RS tocopy an SI channel using the branched Tx signal. In order for the SIreference generator to copy the SI channel, a channel through which theSI signal is received is separately estimated.

The communication device may estimate the SI channel and then generate acontrol signal input to the true time delay circuit, a control signalinput to the phase shifter, and a control signal input to theattenuator. In this case, the communication device should be in a statein which all of the SI RS and a desired Rx signal are not received.

The communication device may control the SI reference generator usingtwo methods.

According to the first method, in order to separately estimate thechannel through which the SI signal is received, the communicationdevice may stop performing communication and transmit an SI channelestimation signal (e.g., a pilot signal, an RS, etc.) in an allocatedcommunication band (or a channel band), and the SI reference generatormay copy the SI signal using information about the SI channel estimationsignal upon communication.

According to the second method, the communication device may transmitthe SI channel estimation signal (e.g., an RS, a pilot signal, a tone,etc.) carried in both ends (e.g., a guard band) of a communicationchannel band and control the SI reference generator so as to reducepower of the corresponding SI channel estimation signal according to anadaptive feedback algorithm.

In the first method, it is necessary to first estimate the SI channel inorder to find an optimized state of the SI reference generator. To thisend, an Rx device (or an Rx side) as well as a Tx device (or a Tx side)should stop performing communication. In addition, even though perfectSI channel estimation is performed, a channel of an SI reference pathneeds to be very precisely calibrated. The channel of the SI referencepath should be configured through a lookup table based on a combinationof all control voltages. Even when the lookup table is accuratelycomposed using a specific Tx power and temperature, the lookup table issupposed to change depending on an original Tx power and a temperatureof a circuit. Hence, SI signal cancellation performance is inevitablydegraded due to a calibration error and a difference in conditionbetween a current Tx power and temperature and a Tx power andtemperature at the timing of composing the lookup table. Moreover, it isdifficult for the lookup table to follow an SI signal channel (or SIchannel) that changes depending on time.

In the second method, since the communication device may transmit the SIchannel estimation signal (the tone, pilot signal, RS, etc.) carried inboth sides of a communication band without stopping performingcommunication and continuously control the SI reference generator intime using the adaptive feedback algorithm, calibration of the SIreference generator is unnecessary. However, since the SI referencegenerator is controlled using a tone of a guard band in both sides ofthe communication band, instead of using the communication band, an SIsignal caused by transmission of a tone inside the communication band,which is most important, is not cancelled.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an RF chain structure ofa communication device for cancelling an SI signal when an FDR scheme isused.

Referring to FIG. 17, the RF chain of the communication device mayinclude a communication modem (or a modem), an SI reference generator, aTx antenna, an Rx antenna, etc. The communication modem may include afast Fourier transform (FFT) unit and integrators. The SI referencegenerator may include an attenuator, a phase shifter, and a true timedelay circuit.

To precisely generate (or duplicate) an SI RS, the SI referencegenerator may control all of the attenuator, the phase shifter, and thetrue time delay circuit in an analog manner. To this end, the RF chainmay include digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that convert controlsignals transmitted by the communication modem (or modem) into analogsignals.

According to the concept of a true time delay defined basically as aslope of phase shift to a frequency band, since the true time delaycircuit is incapable of controlling the true time delay only withinformation about a single frequency, it is necessary to obtaininformation about at least two frequencies in order to perform SI signalcancellation in a wide band. Therefore, it is assumed that two or morepilot signals, two or more RSs, or two or more tones, which are testsignals, are transmitted.

In order to control the SI reference generator, how to use multiple RSs(or multiple tones, multiple pilot signals, etc.), which are testsignals, is described. First of all, the communication modem (or modem)shown in FIG. 17 may monitor a sum of powers of the multiple tones infrequencies in which the multiple tones corresponding to the testsignals are located, measure respective powers at the frequencypositions at which the multiple tones are transmitted to calculate thesum of the measured powers. Here, the powers measured at the frequencypositions of the transmitted tones correspond to powers of SI signals.

The communication modem may transmit a control signal for minimizing adifference between the sum of the powers of the SI signals based on themultiple tones and a power of the SI RS. Namely, the communication modemmay feed back a control signal for causing the sum of the powers of theSI signals based on the multiple tones to be minimum to the SI referencegenerator. The SI reference generator generates the SI reference signalaccording to the fed-back control signal. To control the sum of themeasured powers of the SI signals, the communication modem may generatean SI RS having a power value closest to this sum.

The communication modem may control the SI reference generator using anadaptive feedback loop until the sum (SI=SI₁+SI₂+SI₃+ . . . +SI_(n)) ofthe powers of the SI signals is minimized. Here, SI_(n) is a power of anSI signal measured at a frequency position at which an n-th RS among aplurality of RSs is transmitted. The communication modem uses a periodicpulse signal of +1 and −1 to change a sign of an increment of acontrolled bias voltage using a loop function of adaptive feedback. Theloop function means a function for searching for surroundings of acurrent variable in a feedback loop including a variable to becontrolled.

The communication modem may feedback control signals to the phaseshifter, the attenuator, and the true time delay circuit, respectively,using the adaptive feedback loop so as to enable the SI referencegenerator to generate an SI RS having a power closest to the sum of thepowers of the SI signals.

The method of controlling the SI RS according to FIG. 17 is advantageousin that complicated channel estimation and calibration are not requiredbecause the adaptive feedback algorithm is operated only with the sum ofthe powers of the multiple tones.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating two tones transmitted in both sides(e.g., a guard band) of a communication band to control an SI referencegenerator.

Referring to FIG. 18, SI channel estimation tones are included in bothsides (a guard band) of the communication channel band and the SIreference generator may be controlled so as to reduce powers of the SIchannel estimation tones according to the adaptive feedback algorithm.Then, a desired signal from which SI is cancelled may be stablyreceived.

In a legacy full duplex radio (FDR) communication system, a beam that aspecific UE selects for cancelling a transmission (Tx) SI signalincreases cross-link interference (CLI) to other UEs, thereby degradingperformance. For SI cancellation, a beam should be precisely adjusted.In this case, CLI for a UE in the direction of a main lobe may furtherbe increased. Accordingly, when CLI for other UEs is not considered inSI cancellation based on a beam, the overall performance of UEs within acell is degraded.

Therefore, a beam pattern should be determined in consideration of thesituations of other UEs. For this purpose, the help of a BS capable ofidentifying the whole situations of UEs is required. The UEs within thecell may be classified into aggressor UEs and victim UEs depending onthe situations of the UEs. Under circumstances, each UE may serve as anaggressor UE, a victim UE, or both.

-   -   Aggressor UE: a UE that transmits a Tx signal by forming a beam        pattern.    -   Victim UE: a UE that receives interference caused by a beam from        an aggressor UE.

A beam selection procedure is performed in three steps. In the firststep, UEs within a cell are grouped. In the second step, an aggressor UEtransmits beam patterns to UEs within a group, victim UEs measure CLI ofthe beam patterns, and the aggressor UE measures SI of the beampatterns. In the third step, a BS determines a beam pattern for theaggressor UE based on the measurements obtained in the second step andindicates the determined beam pattern to the aggressor UE, and theaggressor UE applies the beam pattern.

The UEs within the cell are grouped into a plurality of groups in thefirst step. As UEs affecting each other in the cell are grouped into onegroup, the number of beam patterns which should be measured and reportedto the BS by each UE in the next step may be appropriately controlled.If the number of UEs within the cell is equal to or less than anappropriate value, a CLI and SI measurement process may be performedwith the whole cell regarded as one group in the next step.

In the second step, the BS and each UE perform the following operations.

-   -   The BS gives opportunities to each UE within the cell or a        specific group, in which the UE may measure CLI of beams from        other UEs. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating time division for        enabling each UE to transmit a signal while switching beam        patterns and measure signals received from other UEs according        to the present disclosure. The BS may divide time such that each        UE may detect Tx beam patterns and measure CLI from the other        UEs, as illustrated in FIG. 19. When a UE which performs        simultaneous transmission and reception in full duplex transmits        a signal, while switching Tx beam patterns, the transmission may        affect SI cancellation performance, which should be considered.    -   An aggressor UE generates a beam pattern for SI cancellation.        The aggressor UE generates second best and third best beam        patterns as well as the best beam pattern in terms of        performance, and transmits Tx signals while switching the beam        patterns. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating exemplary beam        patterns available for an aggressor UE according to the present        disclosure.    -   In beam pattern #0, the power of side lobs is lowered to or        below a desired level. When SI is cancelled simply by lowering        the power of side lobes as such, a main lob becomes large,        thereby increasing CLI to other UEs. In beam pattern #1, the        main lobe is decreased in size by matching the power of the side        lobes to the desired level. In beam pattern #2, a beam is formed        such that the size of the main lobe may be reduced by further        increasing the sizes of the side lobes and SI may be located        between the null between side lobes to satisfy target SIC        performance. In this case, although CLI to other UEs may be        reduced by decreasing the size of the main lobe, the beam        pattern should be controlled more precisely.

As in the above example, the aggressor UE may form a plurality of beampatterns which may satisfy target SIC performance, and apply the beampatterns to Tx times allocated by the BS, so that the other UEs maymeasure channel information such as CLI or the like.

-   -   A victim UE measures channel information such as CLI or the like        at reception (Rx) measurement times allocated by the BS and        transmits the measurements to the BS.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a process of Tx beam pattern switchingand measurement reporting between a BS and UEs according to the presentdisclosure. The BS and the UEs play the above-described roles and theiroverall operations are performed in the procedure of FIG. 21.

1. The BS transmits a beam switching request together with informationabout a beam switching interval and the number of beam switchingcandidates to the UEs of a group, to determine optimal Tx beam patternsfor the UEs in the group. For example, the beam switching request is setto true for an aggressor UE that is supposed to perform beam switching.Table 6 below is an embodiment of beam switching parameters transmittedwhen an initial beam switching request is transmitted. In Table 6, a bitsize may be appropriately changed.

TABLE 6 IE Value Beam switching request True or False Beam switchinginterval 10 bit Number of Beam switching candidate 10 bit

2. Upon receipt of the beam switching request, a UE switches its beampattern to candidate Tx beam patterns and measures residual SI accordingto the beam pattern switching.

3. The other UEs which have not received the beam pattern switchingrequest measure CLI.

4. The measured residual SI and CLI are reported to the BS. Thisoperation is performed for Tx patterns of all UEs within the group.

5. The BS which has identified the states of the UEs according to the Txpatterns determines a beam pattern for each UE in a manner thatmaximizes the overall performance of the UEs within the cell or thespecific group, and transmits beam pattern information includinginformation about the determined beam pattern to the UE.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating the operation states of UEs within agroup, which a BS considers in determining a beam pattern according tothe present disclosure.

The BS optimizes the overall performance of UEs within a group inconsideration of the operation states of the UEs in the group. FIG. 22illustrates such cases.

In Case A, UE0 performs transmission and reception at the same time, andUE1 performs transmission. Because UE1 does not perform data reception,UE0 may select the best beam pattern in terms of SI cancellation. The BSincreases the performance of UE0 by allowing UE0 to use the best beampattern in terms of SI cancellation in this situation.

In Case B, UE0 performs transmission and reception at the same time, andUE1 performs reception. Because the transmission of UE0 and thereception of UE1 take place simultaneously, the reception performance ofUE1 may be degraded by a beam pattern of UE0. Then, the BS instructs UE0to use a beam pattern that degrades the performance of UE1 less inconsideration of the overall performance of UE0 and UE1.

In Case C, both UE0 and UE1 perform transmission and reception at thesame time. Each of UE0 and UE1 serves as at once an aggressor UE and avictim UE for the other UE. The BS instructs UE0 to use a beam patternthat degrades the performance of UE1 less and instructs UE1 to use abeam pattern that degrades the performance of UE0 less, therebyincreasing overall performance.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an overall method of operating a BSand UEs according to the present disclosure.

According to FIG. 23, a BS initially performs UE grouping, formeasurement and reporting of the influences of Tx patterns, andidentifies the operation modes (transmission and reception, receptiononly, or transmission only) of UEs at the time. The BS requests a UE ina group to transmit candidate patterns, the UE transmits test patternscorresponding to the candidate patterns, and the other UEs of the groupmeasure CLI of the test patterns. The UE transmitting the test patternsmeasures residual SI corresponding to the test patterns. When themeasurements are completed for the test patterns, the measurementresults are reported to the BS. This process is repeated untilmeasurements are completed for Tx patterns of all UEs in the group.Measurement values of these patterns are all reported to the BS, andthen the BS indicates a Tx beam pattern suitable for each UE inconsideration of the operation mode of the UE, thus completing the beampattern selection operation. This beam pattern selection process may beperformed periodically or aperiodically.

The present disclosure provides the following.

1) A process in which a BS requests a UE in a group to transmit specificTx patterns in order to optimize a Tx beam pattern for the UE, and theother UEs in the group receive the specific Tx patterns and reportinterference caused by the specific Tx patterns to the BS in a fullduplex communication system.

2) A process in which a BS requests a UE in a group to transmit specificTx patterns in order to optimize a Tx beam pattern for the UE, and theUE reports SI caused by the specific Tx patterns to the BS in a fullduplex communication system.

3) A process in which a BS requests a UE in a group to transmit aspecific Tx pattern and sequentially transmits this request to the UEsof the group.

4) A process in which a BS determines a Tx pattern suitable for each UEbased on collected information about residual SI signals for specific Txpatterns of each UE in the group, interference between UEs, informationabout the transmission and reception states (both transmission andreception, transmission only, or reception only) of the UEs.

Hereinbelow, devices for performing the above-described proposed methodswill be described in detail.

Examples of Communication System to Which Present Disclosure is Applied

The description, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure may beapplied to, without being limited to, a variety of fields requiringwireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with referenceto the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the samereference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks,software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.

FIG. 24 illustrates a communication system applied to the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 24, a communication system 1 applied to the presentdisclosure includes wireless devices, BSs, and a network. Here, thewireless devices represent devices performing communication using RAT(e.g., 5G NR) or LTE) and may be referred to as communication/radio/5Gdevices. The wireless devices may include, without being limited to, arobot 100 a, vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2, an extended reality (XR)device 100 c, a handheld device 100 d, a home appliance 100 e, anInternet of things (IoT) device 100 f, and an artificial intelligence(AI) device/server 400. For example, the vehicles may include a vehiclehaving a wireless communication function, a self-driving vehicle, and avehicle capable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Thevehicles may include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone).The XR device may include an augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality(VR)/mixed reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of ahead-mounted device (HIVID), a head-up display (HUD) mounted in avehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, ahome appliance device, digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. Thehandheld device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device(e.g., a smartwatch or smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook).The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washingmachine. The IoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter. Forexample, the BSs and the network may also be implemented as wirelessdevices and a specific wireless device 200 a may operate as a BS/networknode with respect to another wireless device.

The wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to a network 300via BSs 200. AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100 ato 100 f and the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to theAI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configuredusing a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR)network. Although the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may communicatewith each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices100 a to 100 f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelinkcommunication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network.For example, the vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2 may perform directcommunication (e.g. vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)/vehicle-to-everything (V2X)communication). In addition, the IoT device 100 f (e.g., a sensor) mayperform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) orother wireless devices 100 a to 100 f.

Wireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, and 150 c may beestablished between the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f and the BSs 200,between wireless devices 100 a to 100 f, and between the BSs 200,respectively. Here, the wireless communication/connections may beestablished using various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as UL/DL communication150 a, sidelink communication 150 b (or D2D communication), andcommunication 15 c between the BSs (e.g., a relay or integrated accessbackhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs, the wireless deviceand the wireless device, and the BS and the BS may transmit/receiveradio signals to/from each other through the wirelesscommunication/connections 150 a, 150 b, and 150 c. For example, thewireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, and 150 c maytransmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end,at least a part of various configuration information configuringprocesses, various signal processing processes (e.g., channelencoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resourcemapping/demapping), and various resource allocation processes, fortransmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on thevarious proposals of the present disclosure.

Examples of Wireless Devices to Which the Present Disclosure is Applied

FIG. 25 illustrates wireless devices applicable to the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 25, a first wireless device 100 and a second wirelessdevice 200 may transmit and receive signals through a variety of RATs(e.g., LTE and NR). Here, {the first wireless device 100 and the secondwireless device 200} may correspond to {the wireless device 100 x andthe BS 200} and/or {the wireless device 100 x and the wireless device100 x} of FIG. 24.

The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 andone or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or moretransceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may beconfigured to implement the description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thepresent disclosure. For example, the processor(s) 102 may processinformation within the memory(s) 104 to generate firstinformation/signals and then transmit radio signals including the firstinformation/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102may receive radio signals including second information/signals throughthe transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processingthe second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety ofinformation related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example,the memory(s) 104 may perform a part or the entirety of processescontrolled by the processor(s) 102 or store software code includinginstructions for performing the description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thepresent disclosure. Here, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 maybe a part of a communication modem/circuit/chipset designed to implementRAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to theprocessor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through oneor more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include atransmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may beinterchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, thewireless device may represent the communication modem/circuit/chip set.

Specifically, the chipset may include the processor(s) 102 and thememory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may include at least one programcapable of performing an operation related to the above-describedembodiments. The processor(s) 102 may receive FDR-related resources thatare allocated based on the at least one program stored in the memory(s)104.

The processor(s) 102 may control the transceivers(s) 106 to reportself-IC capability to the BS. The processor(s) 102 may control thetransceivers(s) 106 to receive resource allocation information about apreconfigured time duration divided into a first time resource durationand a second time resource duration from the BS. The first time resourceduration may be a time resource duration allocated to simultaneouslyperform transmission of a UL signal and reception of a DL signal in thesame frequency band, and the second time resource duration may be a timeresource duration allocated for transmission of the UL signal orreception of the DL signal. The first time resource duration and thesecond time resource duration may be determined based on the self-ICcapability, the amount of first data related to the UL signal, and theamount of second data related to the DL signal.

The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one ormore transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s)202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and maybe configured to implement the description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thepresent disclosure. For example, the processor(s) 202 may processinformation within the memory(s) 204 to generate thirdinformation/signals and then transmit radio signals including the thirdinformation/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals throughthe transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processingthe fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety ofinformation related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example,the memory(s) 204 may perform a part or the entirety of processescontrolled by the processor(s) 202 or store software code includinginstructions for performing the description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operation flowcharts disclosed in the presentdisclosure. Here, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be apart of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT(e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to theprocessor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through oneor more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include atransmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may beinterchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, thewireless device may represent the communication modem/circuit/chip set.

The processor(s) 202 related to the BS may control the transceivers(s)206 to receive a report on self-IC capability related to FDR from theUE. The processor(s) 202 may determine a first time resource durationduring which transmission and reception of UL and DL signals aresimultaneously performed and a second time resource duration duringwhich transmission of the UL signal or reception of the DL signal isperformed. The processor(s) 202 may control the transceiver(s) 206 totransmit resource allocation information including information about thefirst time resource duration and the second time resource duration tothe UE.

As another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer readable storagemedium including at least one computer program for causing, whenexecuted, the at least one processor to perform an operation isprovided. The operation may include providing information related toself-IC capability to the BS and receiving resource allocationinformation about a preconfigured time duration divided into a firsttime resource duration and a second time resource duration from the BS.The first time resource duration may be a time resource durationallocated to simultaneously perform transmission of a UL signal andreception of a DL signal in the same frequency band, and the second timeresource duration may be a time resource duration allocated fortransmission of the UL signal or reception of the DL signal. The firsttime resource duration and the second time resource duration may bedetermined based on the self-IC capability, the amount of first datarelated to the UL signal, and the amount of second data related to theDL signal.

Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 willbe described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may beimplemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implementone or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP,RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate oneor more protocol data units (PDUs) and/or one or more service data units(SDUs) according to the description, functions, procedures, proposals,methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the presentdisclosure. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generatemessages, control information, data, or information according to thedescription, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. The one ormore processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., basebandsignals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, orinformation according to the description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thepresent disclosure and provide the generated signals to the one or moretransceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 mayreceive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or moretransceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, controlinformation, data, or information according to the description,functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowchartsdisclosed in the present disclosure.

The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to ascontrollers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. Theone or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware,firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or moreapplication specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digitalsignal processors (DSPs), one or more digital signal processing devices(DSPDs), one or more programmable logic devices (PLDs), or one or morefield programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one ormore processors 102 and 202. The description, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thepresent disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software, andthe firmware or software may be configured to include the modules,procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform thedescription, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure may beincluded in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the oneor more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202. The description, functions, procedures,proposals, and/or methods disclosed in the present disclosure may beimplemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands,and/or a set of commands.

The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals,messages, information, programs, code, commands, and/or instructions.The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured as read-onlymemories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), electrically erasableprogrammable read-only memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives,registers, cache memories, computer-readable storage media, and/orcombinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may belocated at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected tothe one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies suchas wired or wireless connection.

The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, controlinformation, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methodsand/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure, to one or moreother devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive userdata, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned inthe description, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure, from one ormore other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 andtransmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or moretransceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, orradio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signalsfrom one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208. The one ormore transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receiveuser data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentionedin the description, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure, through theone or more antennas 108 and 208. In the present disclosure, the one ormore antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality oflogical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF bandsignals into baseband signals in order to process received user data,control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 mayconvert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc.processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the baseband signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or moretransceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/orfilters.

Use Cases of Wireless Devices to Which Present Disclosure is Applied

FIG. 26 illustrates another example of a wireless device applied to thepresent disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in variousforms according to use cases/services.

Referring to FIG. 26, wireless devices 100 and 200 may correspond to thewireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 25 and may be configured by variouselements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. For example, eachof the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include a communication unit110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and additional components140. The communication unit may include a communication circuit 112 andtransceiver(s) 114. For example, the communication circuit 112 mayinclude the one or more processors 102 and 202 and/or the one or morememories 104 and 204 of FIG. 25. For example, the transceiver(s) 114 mayinclude the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and/or the one or moreantennas 108 and 208 of FIG. 25. The control unit 120 is electricallyconnected to the communication unit 110, the memory 130, and theadditional components 140 and controls overall operation of the wirelessdevices. For example, the control unit 120 may control anelectric/mechanical operation of the wireless device based onprograms/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit 130. Thecontrol unit 120 may transmit the information stored in the memory unit130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via thecommunication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store, inthe memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wiredinterface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via thecommunication unit 110.

The additional components 140 may be variously configured according totypes of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140may include at least one of a power unit/battery, an input/output (I/O)unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may beimplemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100 aof FIG. W1), the vehicles (100 b-1 and 100 b-2 of FIG. 24), the XRdevice (100 c of FIG. 24), the handheld device (100 d of FIG. 24), thehome appliance (100 e of FIG. 24), the IoT device (100 f of FIG. 24), adigital broadcast terminal, a holographic device, a public safetydevice, an MTC device, a medicine device, a fintech device (or a financedevice), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AIserver/device (400 of FIG. 24), the BSs (200 of FIG. 24), a networknode, etc. The wireless device may be used in a mobile or fixed placeaccording to a use case/service.

In FIG. 26, the entirety of the various elements, components,units/portions, and/or modules in the wireless devices 100 and 200 maybe connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a partthereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110.For example, in each of the wireless devices 100 and 200, the controlunit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and thecontrol unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelesslyconnected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component,unit/portion, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 mayfurther include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, thecontrol unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication controlprocessor, an application processor, an electronic control unit (ECU), agraphics processing unit, and a memory control processor. As anotherexample, the memory 130 may be configured by a random access memory(RAM), a dynamic RAM (DRAM), a read only memory (ROM)), a flash memory,a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof

Hereinafter, an implementation example of FIG. 26 will be described indetail with reference to the drawings.

Example of Handheld Device to Which Present Disclosure is Applied

FIG. 27 illustrates a handheld device applied to the present disclosure.The handheld device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearabledevice (e.g., a smartwatch or smartglasses), or a portable computer(e.g., a notebook). The handheld device may be referred to as an MS, aUT, an MSS, an SS, an AMS, or a WT.

Referring to FIG. 27, a handheld device 100 may include an antenna unit108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, apower supply unit 140 a, an interface unit 140 b, and an I/O unit 140 c.The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communicationunit 110. Blocks 110 to 130/140 a to 140 c correspond to the blocks 110to 130/140 of FIG. 26, respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., dataand control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. Thecontrol unit 120 may perform various operations by controllingconstituent elements of the handheld device 100. The control unit 120may include an application processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may storedata/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the handhelddevice 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information.The power supply unit 140 a may supply power to the handheld device 100and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. Theinterface unit 140 b may support connection of the handheld device 100to other external devices. The interface unit 140 b may include variousports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection withexternal devices. The I/O unit 140 c may input or output videoinformation/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or informationinput by a user. The I/O unit 140 c may include a camera, a microphone,a user input unit, a display unit 140 d, a speaker, and/or a hapticmodule.

As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140 c mayacquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video)input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored inthe memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may covert theinformation/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmitthe converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to aBS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from otherwireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signalsinto original information/signals. The restored information/signals maybe stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types(e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140c.

Example of Vehicle or Self-Driving Vehicle to Which Present Disclosureis Applied

FIG. 28 illustrates a vehicle or an autonomous driving vehicle appliedto the present disclosure. The vehicle or autonomous driving vehicle maybe implemented by a mobile robot, a car, a train, a manned/unmannedaerial vehicle (AV), a ship, etc.

Referring to FIG. 28, a vehicle or autonomous driving vehicle 100 mayinclude an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit120, a driving unit 140 a, a power supply unit 140 b, a sensor unit 140c, and an autonomous driving unit 140 d. The antenna unit 108 may beconfigured as a part of the communication unit 110. The blocks 110, 130,and 140 a to 140 d correspond to the blocks 110, 130, and 140 of FIG.26, respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., dataand control signals) to and from external devices such as othervehicles, BSs (e.g., RSUs), and servers. The control unit 120 mayperform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or theautonomous driving vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an ECU.The driving unit 140 a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous drivingvehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140 a may include anengine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc.The power supply unit 140 b may supply power to the vehicle or theautonomous driving vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless chargingcircuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may acquire a vehiclestate, ambient environment information, user information, etc. Thesensor unit 140 c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor,a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, aweight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicleforward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor,a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, anultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc.The autonomous driving unit 140 d may implement technology formaintaining a lane in which a vehicle is driving, technology forautomatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control,technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technologyfor driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, andthe like.

For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, trafficinformation data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous drivingunit 140 d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving planfrom the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the drivingunit 140 a such that the vehicle or the autonomous driving vehicle 100may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan(e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving,the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recenttraffic information data from the external server and acquiresurrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In themiddle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140 c may obtain a vehiclestate and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous drivingunit 140 d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving planbased on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomousdriving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. Theexternal server may predict traffic information data using AItechnology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles orautonomous driving vehicles and provide the predicted trafficinformation data to the vehicles or the autonomous driving vehicles.

The above-described embodiments are combinations of elements andfeatures of the present disclosure in specific forms. The elements orfeatures may be considered selective unless mentioned otherwise. Eachelement or feature may be implemented without being combined with otherelements or features. Further, the embodiments of the present disclosuremay be configured by combining some elements and/or some features.Operation orders described in the embodiments of the present disclosuremay be rearranged. Some constructions or features of any one embodimentmay be included in another embodiment or may be replaced withcorresponding constructions or features of another embodiment. It isobvious that claims that are not explicitly cited in the appended claimsmay be presented in combination as an embodiment of the presentdisclosure or included as a new claim by subsequent amendment after theapplication is filed.

In the present disclosure, the embodiments of the present disclosurehave been described mainly focusing on a signal transmission andreception relationship between a UE and a BS. Such as signaltransmission and reception relationship may be equally or similarlyextended even to signal transmission and reception between the UE and arelay or between the BS and the relay. In the present disclosure, aspecific operation described as being performed by the BS may also beperformed by an upper node of the BS. That is, it is apparent that, in anetwork consisting of a plurality of network nodes including the BS,various operations performed for communication with the UE may beperformed by the BS, or network nodes other than the BS.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by variousmeans, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combinationthereof In a hardware configuration, the methods according to exemplaryembodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by one or moreapplication specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs),programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors,etc.

In a firmware or software configuration, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure may be implemented in the form of a module, a procedure, afunction, etc. that perform the above-described functions or operations.Software code may be stored in a memory unit and be executed by aprocessor. The memory unit may be located at the interior or exterior ofthe processor and may transmit and receive data to and from theprocessor via various known means.

The present disclosure applies BF technology in an FDR communicationsystem and may reduce the influence of SI and CLI without implementingan additional circuit at an Rx end.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that that theeffects that are achievable through various embodiments are not limitedto what has been particularly described hereinabove and other advantagesnot mentioned herein will be more clearly understood from the abovedetailed description.

The implementation examples of the present disclosure described abovemay be applied to various mobile communication systems.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present disclosure maybe embodied in other specific forms than those set forth herein withoutdeparting from the spirit and essential characteristics of the presentdisclosure. The above description is therefore to be construed in allaspects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the presentdisclosure should be determined by reasonable interpretation of theappended claims and all changes coming within the equivalency range ofthe present disclosure are intended to be embraced in the scope of thepresent disclosure.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The above-described embodiments of the present disclosure are applicableto various mobile communication systems.

1. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information related to beam switching from a base station (BS); generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beam switching; transmitting a reference signal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern; measuring a self-interference signal based on the reference signal; transmitting information about the measured self-interference signal to the BS; and receiving beam pattern information based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS, wherein the beam pattern information indicates a beam pattern determined by the BS, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one transmission beam pattern is generated based on the beam switching interval and the number of beam switching candidates.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the beam pattern determined by the BS is determined based on the information about the measured self-interference signal and information about cross-link interference (CLI) measured by another UE.
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the UE and the other UE are included in a first group, and the first group includes mutually affecting UEs.
 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the UE supports full duplex radio (FDR) mode.
 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein based on the other UE supporting only transmission mode, the beam pattern determined by the BS is determined based on best cancellation of the measured self-interference signal.
 7. The method according to claim 5, wherein based on the other UE supporting only reception mode, the beam pattern determined by the BS is determined in consideration of performance of the UE and performance of the other UE.
 8. The method according to claim 5, wherein based on the other UE supporting the FDR mode, the beam pattern determined by the BS is determined based on least degradation of performance of the other UE.
 9. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; and a processor, wherein the receiver is configured to receive information related to beam switching from a base station (BS), the processor is configured to generate at least one transmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beam switching, the transmitter is configured to transmit a reference signal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern, the processor is configured to measure self-interference signal based on the reference signal, the transmitter is configured to transmit information about the measured self-interference signal to the BS, and the receiver is configured to receive beam pattern information based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS, wherein the beam pattern information indicates a beam pattern determined by the BS, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.
 10. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information related to beam switching; receiving, from the UE, a reference signal by using at least one transmission beam pattern of the UE; receiving, from the UE, information about self-interference signal measured by the UE; determining a beam pattern based on the measured self-interference signal; and transmitting, to the UE, beam pattern information about the determined beam pattern, wherein the at least one transmission beam pattern is generated based on the information about the beam switching, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.
 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the at least one transmission beam pattern is generated based on the beam switching interval and the number of beam switching candidates.
 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the beam pattern determined by the BS is determined based on the information about the measured self-interference signal and information about cross-link interference (CLI) measured by another UE.
 13. A base station (BS) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; and a processor, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information related to beam switching, the receiver is configured to receive, from the UE, a reference signal by using at least one transmission beam pattern of the UE and receive, from the UE, information about self-interference signal measured by the UE, the processor is configured to determine a beam pattern based on the measured self-interference signal, and the transmitter is configured to transmit, to the UE, beam pattern information about the determined beam pattern, wherein the at least one transmission beam pattern is generated based on the information about the beam switching, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.
 14. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising: at least one processor; and at least one computer memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: receiving information related to beam switching from a base station (BS); generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beam switching; transmitting a reference signal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern; measuring a self-interference signal based on the reference signal; transmitting information about the measured self-interference signal to the BS; and receiving beam pattern information based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS, wherein the beam pattern information indicates a beam pattern determined by the BS, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates.
 15. A computer-readable storage medium storing at least one computer program, the at least one computer program includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform user equipment (UE) operations comprising: receiving information related to beam switching from a base station (BS); generating at least one transmission beam pattern based on the information related to the beam switching; transmitting a reference signal by using the at least one transmission beam pattern; measuring a self-interference signal based on the reference signal; transmitting information about the measured self-interference signal to the BS; and receiving beam pattern information based on the measured self-interference signal from the BS, wherein the beam pattern information indicates a beam pattern determined by the BS, and wherein the information related to the beam switching includes information about one of whether beam switching is requested, a beam switching interval, and the number of beam switching candidates. 